Mickey Kuhn, Last of Gone with the Wind cast, dies at 90

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former child actor and last surviving cast member from the 1939 film gone With the WindMickey Kuhn died at the age of 90 on November 20 at a hospice facility in Naples, Florida. The news of his death was confirmed to Variety by his wife. According to Variety, Kuhn portrayed Beau Wilkes in the classic film, the son of Ashley and Melanie Wilkes, who played Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland, respectively. The latter’s death in 2020 left Kuhn as the last surviving credited cast member of the film until his death on Sunday.

As per a report in Variety, he is survived by his wife and two children.

in movies like Juarez, A Streetcar Named DesireAnd red River, where he played the adopted son of John Wayne, Kuhn was at the height of his acting career in the 1930s and 1940s. With several appearances in ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ episodes as his final work, Kuhn dropped out of the entertainment industry in 1957.

Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn Jr. was born on September 21, 1932, in Waukegan, Illinois. Soon after her family moved to Los Angeles, she got her first acting opportunity at the young age of two, when she played an adopted child in a Janet Gaynor film. change of heart,

In 1951, Kuhn joined the US Navy and worked as an aircraft electrician for four years before leaving to act. After leaving Hollywood, Kuhn spent some time working for American Airlines and the Boston airport. In his later years, Kuhn frequently attended film festivals and conventions for meet and greets. gone With the Wind Devotee.

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